Chapter 42: Princess Pingyang's Mind
"What, we still want to give him a gift?" Liang Zan said unhappily: "Why should I give him a gift?"
Chen Ying laughed silently when he heard this. "It is not polite to come but not to go." This means that others are friendly to you, and if you don't give it back, it is not etiquette. The meaning of etiquette and exchange is also that in terms of etiquette, we pay attention to coming and going. The ancient meaning and the meaning of later generations have undergone completely different changes.
Chen Ying explained patiently: "If I don't do anything to me, I'm so sorry for him!" Liang Zan said angrily: "I should think of a trick to deal with him."
Chen Ying finally understood. Some things were not something that could be avoided just by wanting to. Li Xiaoguang clearly had no grudges and grudges with him, but because he liked the two daughters Shangluzhu and Hongxiu in his mansion, he thought of a way to kill him.
More than three hundred years ago, Lu Zhu, also a beautiful girl, also fell in love with this beautiful Lu Zhu because a powerful man. His master told Lu Zhu that I was guilty because of you. When Lu Zhu heard this, in order not to implicate his master, he jumped and fell from the building and died.
Originally, Chen Ying just thought this was a sad love legend, but he didn't expect that the same story would be staged on him. Every man was guilty of being guilty and was waiting for death. It was definitely not Chen Ying's personality. Not to mention Su Hu, even if Li Yuan wanted to die, he would fight back.
"Make yourself fast and strong!"
Chen Ying only had this idea in his mind. He was so powerful that people needed to look up, so that he would not have to worry about the cold arrows and conspiracies in the dark. Thinking of this, Chen Ying decided to prepare for the future and make plans in advance.
In this era, every aristocratic clan has a large number of highly skilled and well-equipped dead soldiers. Even if one day, even if their family is unlucky, they can still bring their enemies to their burials.
However, when I thought about it, to train the dead soldiers, it would require those loyal men and too much time and money. I have neither time nor money now. Although Chen Ying had three thousand guan in the warehouse, it sounded a lot and looked a lot, but in fact it was really not enough to spend it.
Cultivating dead soldiers cannot be accomplished overnight, and it requires opportunities and coincidences. After experiencing this, Chen Ying also felt like he was like a blind man and a deaf man in Chang'an City. He didn't know what direction the wind was. He also didn't know the major forces in Chang'an City. This feeling made Chen Ying very uncomfortable.
"No, we must establish a channel of information for ourselves!" Thinking of this, Chen Ying walked back and forth in the front hall with his hands behind his back. After a long time, a trace of enlightenment finally flashed through his head.
Since he has no time to train the dead men and does not have the energy to do it, why not learn from Song Jiang of the Song Dynasty? In fact, Song Jiang is a man of the 108 heroes in Liangshan, both literature and martial arts are not the best, but he is the leader of Liangshan. It is because Song Jiang has a status and reputation that other heroes do not have.
Song Jiang’s nickname is Mishiyu, which means providing help when others need help. He has accumulated a strong connection and can really learn from Song Jiang. Chen Ying said to Liang Zan: “You go to Xuji Inn and ask Manager Xu to come!”
"Now?" Liang Zan said: "But the Fangmen is closed? Chang'an now has a curfew. As long as you dare to appear in the street market after the curfew, Wuhou will kill him."
"That's it, I'll go to Xuji Inn tomorrow morning!" Chen Ying nodded and said, "It's getting late, everyone, please go back and rest!"
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In the dormitory of Princess Pingyang's mansion, dozens of butter candles as thick as children's arms were burning, making thunderous sounds, illuminating the entire dormitory as daytime.
Li Xiuning looked at the swaying candlelight and felt confused.
Recalling Li Jiancheng's anger when he was in the Chen Mansion, Li Xiuning felt inexplicably heartbroken. When Li Yuan was preparing to raise an army to rebel against Sui, it was almost an open secret for the entire Li family. She was the only one who was hidden. She was even sent to Chang'an to get married as an abandoned son to paralyze the Sui court. Even Chai Shao, the son-in-law, learned about Li Yuan's rebellion in advance than she did. However, when she was abandoned for the first time, Li Xiuning could be said to have no regrets and risked her life to fight on the battlefield. She was only one line away from death several times, and finally occupied most of Guanzhong and captured Chang'an City. Otherwise, Li Tang would not be able to advance into Guanzhong.
However, after Li Yuan entered Guanzhong and became emperor, the first thing he did was not to reward her, the most important contributor to the Tang Dynasty, but to separate her 70,000 to 80,000 women's deputies under her command.
Li Xiuning has no ambition to be king, and she doesn't say anything either.
But this time, she was really sad. She didn't have much contact with Chen Ying, and it was really impossible to say love. It was just that Chen Ying's almost perfect face made her feel inexplicably close. At this time, she only liked Chen Ying a little bit, but Li Jiancheng roared like thunder.
Li Xiuning was also considered to be Li Jiancheng who grew up. While Li Jiancheng was familiar with Li Xiuning, she was also familiar with the establishment of the festival. It is said that the country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change, and a person's personality is the most unchanging. Li Jiancheng may not do anything extreme to himself, but he will never let Chen Ying go.
Thinking of this, Li Xiuning felt inexplicably sad.
At this moment, Cui'er looked at Li Xiuning with an uneasy expression and said, "Princess, don't scare me. It's midnight. You don't eat or drink, what do you want to do!"
Li Xiuning turned around and said, "Who said that I don't eat or drink, go and pass on the meal? Remember, I want to eat beggar chicken."
"Ah..." Cui'er's eyebrows were already smiling like crescent moons: "I'm going!"
As Cui'er left, the kitchen of Princess Pingyang's mansion was in a hurry. For about three quarters of an hour, Cui'er brought the steaming beggar chicken to Li Xiuning.
Li Xiuning opened the outer layer of soil, reached out and teared off a piece of chicken, and put it in his mouth.
However, Li Xiuning's brows frowned in an instant, and the brows became tighter and tighter.
Cui'er said, "Princess, what's wrong?"
"How could it be so unpalatable?" Li Xiuning had no idea that human taste buds were actually related to the mood. When you are in a good mood, everything you eat is delicious. When you are in a bad mood, it is also difficult to swallow even if you eat delicacies.
Li Xiuning called the chef. The chef from Princess Pingyang's mansion is also an imperial chef and is proficient in cooking various dishes.
Li Xiuning carefully asked the chef about the method and found that it was exactly the same as the method Chen Ying taught her.
Li Xiuning became confused: "Did Chen Ying hide his hand?"
Chapter completed!